Keven Ring
Lead Software Systems Engineer at The MITRE Corporation
McLean, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKeven Ring is a Lead Software Systems Engineer with 13 years of focused experience in perception for robotic and autonomous systems, currently applying his expertise at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA. He specializes in advanced vision pipelines that integrate active LiDAR (Velodyne HDL-64e/32e) and hemispherical camera systems (Ladybug 2/3), and has contributed substantive back-end work to the widely used Point Cloud Library—notably improving the Velodyne HDL grabber for PCAP handling, unit conversions, and distance thresholding. Keven’s background blends systems-level engineering with open-source collaboration, enabling reliable sensor integration and data preprocessing for downstream autonomy algorithms. A Virginia Tech computer science graduate, he pairs deep practical experience with a steady record of refactoring and tooling improvements that reduce friction for other developers and researchers.
13 years of coding experience
Virginia Tech
German
Github Skills (7)
computer-vision10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
point-cloud10
boost10
cmake9
pcap8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Dec 2012 - Dec 2015
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 3 years
Contributions summary:Keven contributed significantly to the Point Cloud Library (PCL), specifically focusing on the Velodyne HDL grabber. Their commits primarily involved developing and refining the HDL grabber, adding support for various data formats and correcting existing code. The changes include modifications to the CMake files to handle PCAP file reading, ensuring compatibility with specific Boost versions, and converting units to meters. Further work refactored code conventions and implemented features like distance thresholding, enhancing the functionality of the grabber.
cpppoint-cloud-libraryc-plus-pluscomputer-visionpcl-library
KevenRing/pcl
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:9 pushes in 18 days
pointpythonpoint-cloudpoint-cloud-library
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